Transition from "In <location name>" from "at <location name>

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Precision railroading does mean everyone needs to know what is where. Many years ago, I asked a track patrolman to throw a switch for us as we were working the Anchor Hocking plant. I called out the switch by name, but he didn't understand which was the switch I wanted thrown. Needless to say, my conductor and I ran through the switch he had thrown.
Jim Kehn


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Thanks Jim. I got a similar answer on the regular mailing list. I think it boils down to railroader language and “civilian” language. One needs precision, the other not so much. 
Matt Goodman


On May 31, 2023, at 7:50 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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Good question. Never have given it a thought before. Maybe because a location would be AT a certain milepost or a specific point. The crossing frog AT Chillicothe is a known spot to a railroader. Using IN might be taken as a more generic location.I'm thinking that all the train orders I've copied or issued used AT.Have to ponder all this.
Jim Kehn 


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My father has a fat library of literature and magazines from bygone days. I’ve noticed that railroaders at that time typically used “at” to reference cities / towns the railroad passed through - as in this example:
The eastbound crossing frog at Chillicothe with the Chillicothe Street Railway has been taken out and straight rails put in. 
If I wrote that sentence today, I would say “in Chillicothe”. 
When / why did that change? Or is that type of structure still used today on the railroads?
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